diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index cf86222d..9601ac82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test
       run: |
         & $env:BASH_PATH -lc tools/build_gfortran.sh
-        echo "Static test"
-        .\for_test\test.exe
         echo "Dynamic test"
         .\for_test\test_dyn.exe
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 291bcfc7..f1f7b118 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## OpenBLAS v0.3.34 (v0.3.34)
 
+### 0.3.34.106.0 (2026-08~08)
+- pick up a fix for windows threading
+
 ### 0.3.34.0.0 (2026-07-17)
 - update to v0.3.34
 
diff --git a/OpenBLAS b/OpenBLAS
index e0166008..446c436e 160000
--- a/OpenBLAS
+++ b/OpenBLAS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e0166008be8e466242aa76b2ff75ce3f0fbf574a
+Subproject commit 446c436e10450c348169808f1a6b3fae0925c9f7
diff --git a/openblas_commit.txt b/openblas_commit.txt
index 23ed8808..0138028a 100644
--- a/openblas_commit.txt
+++ b/openblas_commit.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.3.34
+v0.3.34-106-g446c436e
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8152a582..e1e42543 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "scipy-openblas64"
-# v0.3.34.0.0
-version = "0.3.34.0.0"
+# v0.3.34-106-g446c436e
+version = "0.3.34.106.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 description = "Provides OpenBLAS for python packaging"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/tools/build_gfortran.sh b/tools/build_gfortran.sh
index eaaa78ac..8d70d372 100644
--- a/tools/build_gfortran.sh
+++ b/tools/build_gfortran.sh
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ cd for_test
 repo_path=$(cygpath "$START_DIR")
 OBP=$(cygpath $OPENBLAS_ROOT\\$BUILD_BITS)
 
-static_libname=$(find $OBP/lib -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.a' \! -name '*.dll.a' | tail -1)
 dynamic_libname=$(find $OBP/lib -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.dll.a' | tail -1)
 dll_name=$(find $OBP/bin -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.dll' | tail -1)
 
 grep dpotrf $OBP/include/*
-nm $static_libname | grep dpotrf
+nm $dynamic_libname | grep dpotrf
 
 cp $dll_name .
 
+# Only the DLL ships in the wheel (see build_prepare_wheel.sh / windows.yml),
+# so we only test linking against it, not against a static library.
 if [ "$INTERFACE64" == "1" ]; then
-  gfortran -I $OBP/include -fdefault-integer-8 -o test.exe ${repo_path}/test64_.f90 $static_libname
   gfortran -I $OBP/include -fdefault-integer-8 -o test_dyn.exe ${repo_path}/test64_.f90 $dynamic_libname
 else
-  gfortran -I $OBP/include -o test.exe ${repo_path}/test.f90 $static_libname
   gfortran -I $OBP/include -o test_dyn.exe ${repo_path}/test.f90 $dynamic_libname
 fi
diff --git a/tools/build_steps_windows.sh b/tools/build_steps_windows.sh
index d4e7bdde..bfa1b8e8 100644
--- a/tools/build_steps_windows.sh
+++ b/tools/build_steps_windows.sh
@@ -142,24 +142,6 @@ make PREFIX=$openblas_root/$build_bits $interface_flags install
 DLL_BASENAME=libscipy_openblas${LIBNAMESUFFIX}
 cp -f *.dll.a $openblas_root/$build_bits/lib/${DLL_BASENAME}.dll.a
 
-# OpenBLAS does not build a symbol-suffixed static library on Windows:
-# do it ourselves. On 32-bit builds, the objcopy.def names need a '_' prefix
-static_libname=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.a' \! -name '*.dll.a' | tail -1)
-make -C exports $interface_flags objcopy.def
-
-if [ "$build_bits" == "32" ]; then
-  sed -i "s/^/_/" exports/objcopy.def
-  sed -i "s/scipy_/_scipy_/" exports/objcopy.def
-else
-  echo not updating objcopy,def, buildbits=$build_bits
-fi
-echo "\nshow some of objcopy.def"
-head -10 exports/objcopy.def
-echo
-objcopy --redefine-syms exports/objcopy.def "${static_libname}" "${static_libname}.renamed"
-cp -f "${static_libname}.renamed" "$openblas_root/$build_bits/lib/${static_libname}"
-cp -f "${static_libname}.renamed" "$openblas_root/$build_bits/lib/${DLL_BASENAME}.a"
-
 cd $openblas_root
 # Copy library link file for custom name
 pushd $build_bits/lib